“Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are operating under an EARLY DISMISSAL policy.” Employees should be dismissed by their agencies 2 hours earlier than their normal departure time.

The people in this area are a bunch of pussies. Most notably, the people at OPM. It amazes me. We closed early yesterday because of a few flakes and word there might be up to *gasp* 6 inches of snow. Stop the press! It’s like we’re not used to getting snow here. What, we’re living in Georgia. Jesus Christ.

What really irks me is that the schools in MD and VA close at the drop of a hat. And it’s costing the residents their more money. There is a prediction for snow in a few days, so they close the schools at that point. It’s amazing. Luckily, DC only had a 2 hour delay. Which still was only half absurd.

I can’t remember it being that crazy when I was a kid. Sure we’d get 1-2 hour delays when it was snowing in the morning. And yes, I lived in the suburbs. But getting a full day off for 3 inches of snow. No way. We’d have to get at least 12″ of snow. And back then this area actually got significant snow. Not a couple inches and then the city shuts down.

But what do I care. I got off early yesterday and the roads were empty this morning when Emily drove me to work. Hip hip horray!

PS. Did you like my first use of a Government acronym here? I am assimilating nicely. Scary.

And bummer about Y100. First WZTA. Then that west coast station. Then WHFS. Now this. All the legendary radio stations are dying. Poor alt rock. Poor Joey. Not sure what’s happening. But the formats are changing. Dylan was right.

There are several good articles about ‘the end of radio as we know it’ in the current issue of Wired. I thought the one on Podcasting (with Adam Curry!) was pretty good. A new generation of Indie radio.